@uoft.bsky.social Professor & Governor, psychiatrist, mental health advocate, Honorary Member World Psych Assoc'n...{literal, figurative & photographic} perspective seeker. Views my own. Twitter handle: @Psych_MD [underscore, not hyphen :) ]https://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.social/post/3mabnk5otwk2rNice to see a piece written by good colleague @trudolem.bsky.social and me in @utoronto.ca Magazine was one of the "Top 5 Stories of 2025"...important that people engage and learn about this complex topic. https://magazine.utoronto.ca/uncategorized/our-top-5-stories-of-2025/18 Dec 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:slsntgkseshc3au6b3ewo7wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabnk5otwk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.social/post/3lp2m537zoc2pIn American Journal of Bioethics, my latest piece:"A (White) Senator, Doctor and Lawyer Walk into a Bar…and Appropriate the Assisted Dying Narrative" Not an easy piece to read (or write), but a necessarily honest one...and it has not been an easy journey... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15265161.2025.248825313 May 2025 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:slsntgkseshc3au6b3ewo7wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2m537zoc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.social/post/3loh2fnhsp225In @uoft.bsky.social Magazine, w/ my brilliant & insightful UofT Fac of Law colleague @trudolem.bsky.social https://magazine.utoronto.ca/opinion/risks-expanding-medical-assistance-dying/ Timely given UnitedNations CRPD recently entreating 🍁 to repeal Track 2 expansion (...& to not euthanize Canadians for mental illness and addictions!)05 May 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:slsntgkseshc3au6b3ewo7wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3loh2fnhsp225https://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.social/post/3ln7befdh222b1/3 Thrilled to share video of our successful "Unravelling MAiD" book launch, with my co-editors Ramona Coelho & @trudolem.bsky.social, that we held at @uoft.bsky.social Faculty Club this past week on April 15. We've generated a transcript with synchronized cc for accessibility youtu.be/-udwv3xhOAU https://youtu.be/-udwv3xhOAU19 Apr 2025 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:slsntgkseshc3au6b3ewo7wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln7befdh222bhttps://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.social/post/3lmsskwo3bc2mExcited about our book launch tomorrow at U of Toronto Faculty Club w/co-editors Ramona Coelho & Trudo Lemmens: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unravelling-maid-in-canada-tickets-1306817589589?aff=oddtdtcreator Register for livestream, 6:15pmET, here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1217446513141/WN_WSN5q_9ZSiS90yZ5WEZeuQ Already gotten our first review! See here: https://mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/unravelling-maid-in-canada/ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unravellin..15 Apr 2025 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:slsntgkseshc3au6b3ewo7wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmsskwo3bc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.social/post/3llbzii3zdc2iGoverning Council just welcomed the next President of the @uoft.bsky.social, Professor Melanie Woodin...a wonderful choice...Looking forward to her inspired leadership of our university!26 Mar 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:slsntgkseshc3au6b3ewo7wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbzii3zdc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.social/post/3lkgr6ybft22b1/3 From earlier this month, but never too late to re-post stuff like this...great achievement Team @sunnybrookhsc.bsky.social, and a special shout out to my remarkable colleagues in psychiatry/mental health/brain 🧠sciences...15 Mar 2025 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:slsntgkseshc3au6b3ewo7wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkgr6ybft22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.social/post/3lg2rtnih72241/2 - Momentus day @sunnybrookhsc.bsky.social as we successfully move into our new Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre. A great step forward for patient and staff experience, where we will continue to blaze world leading brain sciences collaborations and innovations.19 Jan 2025 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:slsntgkseshc3au6b3ewo7wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg2rtnih7224https://bsky.app/profile/psych-md.bsky.social/post/3lczwof7v4k2bMy 1st post on @bsky.app :) (sorry, a heavy issue but an important one) Glad to be on BBC News w/Matthew Amroliwala previous week to shed light on Canada's (often denied) problems with #euthanasia & marginalised: https://archive.tveyes.com/18120/4553853-202375/a61ce497-01a3-45e5-ab55-043d3a074a17/BBC24_11-29-2024_16.23.35.mp4 @uoft.bsky.social @apapsychiatric.bsky.social11 Dec 2024 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:slsntgkseshc3au6b3ewo7wh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lczwof7v4k2b